Lint and thread collecting bag for electric washing machine



Feb. 17, 1970 HSU HSIN CHI ,7

LINT AND THREAD COLLECTING BAG FOR ELECTRIC WASHING MACHINE Filed July 2, 1969 INVENTOR HSU HSIN CHI BY 94M $49M ATTORNEYS ited States Pate U.S. Cl. 210232 1 Claim ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A lint and thread collecting bag for an electric washing machine. The bag has an annular frame and three suction members attached to said frame. Two of said suction members are at diametrally opposite points on the frame and the third is midway between said two suction members. A container of a cloth-like material which will not pass threads, lint and the like and which will pass Water, has the mouth attached to the frame and tapers to a point at the end remote from the frame. The container has an enlarged portion at a point /3 to A of the total depth of the container from said frame.

This inventon relates to a lint and thread collecting bag for electric washing machines.

It is the object of the present invention to provide means for preventing pieces of yarn and cotton thread, commonly called lint, from adhering to the clothes Washed in an electric Washing machine during the process of washing.

This object is achieved by providing a lint and thread collecting bag which has an annular frame with a plurality of suction members thereon and a container of cloth-like material attached to the frame. The cloth-like material of the container is tapered to a point at the end of the container remote from the frame and has an enlarged portion intermediate the frame and the pointed end for preventing the threads and lint from flowing out of the container once they have been collected therein. The bag is attached to the inside of a Washing machine at about the water level by means of the suction cups.

These and other features of the invention will be better understood from the following description taken in conjunction with the attached drawings illustrating one embodiment of the invention, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a lint and thread collecting bag for electric washing machines according to the present invention; and

FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic view showing how the bag of the invention is fixed to an electric washing machine.

Referring now to the drawings, suction members, such as suction cups 1, are fixed to an annular frame 2 made of pipe such as vinyl pipe or vinyl chloride pipe. Two of the suction cups 1 are at diametrially opposite points on frame 2, While the remaining suction cup is disposed midway between said two suction cups. A bag-like container 3 is fixed to the frame 2 on which the three suction cups 1 are mounted, said bag-like container 3 being made of a cloth-like material which permits the passage of hardly any lint or threads and the like, but allows the ready passage of water. Said bag-like container 3 is formed on three pieces of the cloth-like material joined at seams 4, and is slightly enlarged at a portion 5 at a depth of /3 to M1 the total depth from said frame 2, and is tapered therebelow into the shape of a cone or trigonal pyramid.

In a preferred embodiment of this invention, the frame 2 is approximately 43 cm. in circumference and the baglike object 3 is approximately 17 cm. from the frame 2 to the bottom, with the enlarged portion 5 located at about 5 cm. from the frame 2.

The lint and thread collecting bag, composed as described hereinbefore, is fixed to the inner wall of an electric washing machine 11 in such a way that the opposed two of the three suction cups are disposed horizontally at about the level of the water, or slightly therebelow, with the remaining suction cup located under the water.

If washing is carried out in the electric washing machine in which the bag is mounted in the way described above, pieces of yarn and cotton thread are sucked into the bag-like container 3 and the whole bag is stabilized by means of the three suction cups. The lint, threads and the like which are collected in the bag are not returned to the wash water because of presence of the enlarged portion 5, despite the counter currents in the washing machine.

The clothes washed by such an electric washing machine are therefore finished beautifully, being free from pieces of yarn and cotton thread. Simultaneously any clogging of the pipe of the electric washing machine is obviated.

What is claimed is:

1. A lint and thread collecting bag for an electric washing machine, said bag comprising an annular frame, three suction members attached to said frame, two of said suction members being at diametrically opposite points on the frame and the third being midway between said two suction members, and a container of a cloth-like material which will not pass threads, lint and the like and which will pass water, said container having the mouth attached to the frame and tapering to a point at the end remote from the frame, and said container having an enlarged portion at a point /3 to A of the total depth of the container from said frame.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,717,170 6/1929 Pelletier 210469 1,809,935 6/1931 Herzmark 210477 X 3,040,552 6/1962 Platt et a1 210497 X 3,264,661 8/1966 Mason 210167 X 3,419,151 12/1968 Smith et a1 210474 X FOREIGN PATENTS 1,279,884 11/1961 France.

REUBEN FRIEDMAN, Primary Examiner U.S. Cl. X.R. 

